Ziad Taib
Chalmers University and Astra Zeneca
Göteborg

Risk

Abstract

The word risk is often used and sometimes misused not only in the media and in advertisement 
but also in scientific publications. I will discuss some concepts and misconceptions related 
to the notion of risk. Among the questions I will discuss are: What is risk and how do we measure 
it in a given situation? How do these various measures relate to each other? What valid statistical 
inference can be made about such measures?